Vegetarianism, female gender and increasing age, but not CNDP1 genotype, are associated with reduced muscle carnosine levels in humans

Amino Acids

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1221-1229

  Everaert, Inge ^a   Mooyaart, Antien ^b   Baguet, Audrey ^a   Zutinic, Ana ^b   Baelde, Hans ^b   Achten, Eric ^c   Taes, Youri ^c   De Heer, Emile ^b   Derave, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age; Androgens; Carnosine; CNDP1 genotype; Gender; Vegetarianism

Indexed keywords

AMINOACYLHISTIDINE DIPEPTIDASE; BETA ALANINE; CARNOSINE; HYDROLASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CNDP1 GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE LEVEL; OMNIVORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; VEGETARIAN DIET;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BETA-ALANINE; CARNOSINE; DIET; DIET, VEGETARIAN; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DIPEPTIDASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79954436653     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-010-0749-2     Document Type: Article

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